Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Feb 2

***HIGHER ED

Colleges Prepare Students 2020 census https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/20/colleges-prepare-students-2020-census

Colorado College declares itself first school in Rocky Mountain region to reach carbon neutrality https://www.denverpost.com/2020/01/22/colorado-college-carbon-neutrality/

How to Tell if Your College is Using Facial Recognition to Monitor People on Campus
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-tell-if-your-college-is-using-facial-recognition-1841414325

Accenture to Expand Workday Practice to Help Higher Education and Public Sector Organizations Transform Core Operations https://finance.yahoo.com/news/accenture-expand-workday-practice-help-170600248.html

A university “plans to fire three people who they say helped a graduate student obtain a doctoral degree in return for the student getting them grant money https://www.wesh.com/article/alleged-bribery-scandal-under-investigation-at-ucf/30683191#

***HIGHER ED & HEALTH

Tuberculosis warning issued for Southwestern and San Diego City colleges https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-20/tuberculosis-warning-issued-for-southwestern-and-san-diego-city-colleges

Preparing for coronavirus on college campuses https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/27/some-colleges-report-possible-coronavirus-cases-experts-emphasize-importanc

***HIGHER ED & FINANCE

More than 40 percent of trustees are now very concerned about the future of higher education https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/29/trustees-growing-increasingly-worried-about-future-higher-education-us-polling-shows

***HIGHER ED & FREE SPEECH

America's worst colleges for free speech list released https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/29/americas-worst-colleges-free-speech-list-released/

Babson College lands on ‘Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ list after firing employee https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/29/babson-college-lands-on-worst-colleges-for-free-speech-list-after-firing-employee/

***TEACHING

Professors Are Turning the Page on Budget-Busting Textbooks https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2020-02-02/professors-are-turning-the-page-on-budget-busting-textbooks

Scammers target college students with fake online access codes for digital course material https://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/college-scams-textbook-codes-social-media

***ACADEMIC LIFE

MIT puts professor on leave over new revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein as it issues anticipated report https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/13/mit-puts-professor-leave-over-new-revelations-about-his-ties-jeffrey-epstein

MLA members discuss professors' ethical responsibilities for training graduate students, as some propose shifts in admissions practices. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/13/mla-discusses-professors-ethical-responsibilities-training-graduate-students

Former TCU faculty member sues alleging discrimination https://www.tcu360.com/2020/01/former-faculty-member-sues-alleging-discrimination/

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS

Christian Colleges Should Interact With World, Not Oppose It (opinion) https://sojo.net/articles/christian-colleges-should-interact-world-not-oppose-it

Alabama Megachurch Buys More Property for New College Campus https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2020-01-19/alabama-megachurch-buys-more-property-for-new-college-campus

Pacific Lutheran violated an adjunct professor and advocate's rights in effectively dismissing her for offering private lessons https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/21/aaup-finds-pacific-lutheran-targeted-adjunct-dismissal

Private Christian institution merges with the Watkins College of Art https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/29/another-art-school-absorbed-belmont-university

Stephen Galloway Named Dean of Chapman University's Film School https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-galloway-named-dean-chapman-universitys-film-school-1274760

Merger With Christian University Stokes Uproar Over Faith and Free Expression https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/us/belmont-university-christians-barred-watkins-college.html

***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

Liberty University spent over $157 million on admission leads between 2009 and 2016--their 8-year graduation rate is 44% https://news.elearninginside.com/liberty-university-one-of-americas-largest-online-educators-spent-over-157-million-on-admission-leads-between-2009-and-2016-their-8-year-graduation-rate-is-44/

Liberty University announces Pompeo as commencement speaker https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/liberty-university-announces-pompeo-as-commencement-speaker/article_32e34f11-8b3a-56da-a94a-98039613c795.htm

Bob Good resigns from Liberty University position to focus on campaign https://wset.com/news/local/bob-good-resigns-from-liberty-university-position-to-focus-on-campaign

Liberty merges two schools — here’s why https://wlni.com/news/liberty-merges-two-schools-heres-why

***RESEARCH

Research intelligence: how to sniff out errors and fraud https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/research-intelligence-how-sniff-out-errors-and-fraud

Should research misconduct be criminalized? https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1747016119898400

Putin wanted Russian science to top the world: Then a huge academic scandal blew up https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-wanted-russian-science-to-top-the-world-then-a-major-academic-scandal-blew-up/2020/01/16/f58239ec-34b9-11ea-898f-eb846b7e9feb_story.html

Journal transparency index will be ‘alternative’ to impact scores https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/journal-transparency-index-will-be-alternative-impact-scores

Peer Review works little better than flipping coins: Budding scholars pay the price https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-29/peer-review-is-science-s-wheel-of-misfortune

Why one plagiarism sleuth who has led to dozens of retractions does what he does https://blog.brill.com/humanitiesmatter/publication_ethics_michael_dougherty.html

In Taiwan, researchers “generally agreed that [questionable authorship practices] had a long history among local academics but were rarely reported” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11948-020-00180-x

How Academic Science Gave Its Soul to the Publishing Industry https://issues.org/how-academic-science-gave-its-soul-to-the-publishing-industry/

California to resume Elsevier talks after signing deals elsewhere https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/california-resume-elsevier-talks-after-signing-deals-elsewhere

***STUDENT LIFE

SNAP rules changes could affect college students https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/20/how-snap-rule-changes-could-affect-college-students

As Esports Take Off, High School Leagues Get In The Game https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/798252787/as-esports-take-off-high-school-leagues-get-in-the-game

University of Minnesota student jailed in China over tweets https://www.axios.com/china-arrests-university-minnesota-twitter-e495cf47-d895-4014-9ac8-8dc76aa6004d.html

The thirtysomething life crisis https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/1/23/21077392/crisis-thirtysomething-in-my-30s

Prof calls police on student—for not changing seats https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2020/01/23/ball-state-prof-calls-police-student-over-seating-assignment/4554275002/

The link between smartphones and teenage depression may be overblown https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615071/your-kids-phone-probably-isnt-making-them-depressed/

Esports Is Booming, But Its Reception Remains Divided https://www.npr.org/2020/01/29/800938040/esports-is-booming-but-its-reception-remains-divided

The power of celibacy: Abstinence is making people happier https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/28/the-power-of-celibacy-giving-up-sex-was-a-massive-relief

New Study Finds High School GPA Beats Standardized Tests https://www.fatherly.com/news/new-study-finds-high-school-gpa-beats-standardized-tests/